In the original Yangcheng, among the county offices, a sand table with a length of three zhang and a width of two zhang stood impressively on the hall.

This is the sand table made by Zhao Jun according to the map presented by the Kanyu family, and the terrain of the Hetao is clear at a glance, and the mountains and rivers are distributed on it, but due to the proportion, it is not very accurate. Even so, it is much easier to use than a flat map, and even ordinary soldiers can understand it and know where it is easier to be ambushed.

"I didn't expect you to have a map north of Yinshan Mountain." Zhao Kuo said to the middle-aged man next to him with a smile.

Kanyujia is equivalent to an ancient feng shui master. Geographers, the origin is very long, can be traced back to the Yanhuang period, the mountain doctor life is all-encompassing, everything can be attributed to Kanyu. However, with the continuous emergence of hundreds of schools of thought, the witch doctors are separated, and the phase master faction is independent, and only the earth elephant hydrology is left in the Kanyu family.

Next to Zhao Kuo, he is one of the only three remaining heirs of the Kanyu family, and he is also the sacrificial wine of Handan College and the Dixiang Hydrology Branch, Wang Jia.

"The ancestors liked to travel to the famous mountains and rivers in those days, and liked to draw everything they saw, and after the ancestors died, the descendants sorted it out and preserved it into a book, which was passed down from generation to generation. Hundreds of years have passed, and although there will inevitably be some errors, it should not be too large. Wang Jia arched his hand and said.

"With this map, the widows have a greater grasp of destroying the Xiongnu." Zhao Kuo clenched his fists and said.

"Is the king going to do it?" Le Yi asked.

Zhao Kuo pointed to the two places on the sand table with his finger, and then said confidently: "If the widow guessed correctly, this is the place where the ragged base camp is stationed, and this is the place where Lou Fu is stationed." The rest was where the Huns were stationed. ”

"Why is the king so convinced?" Lian Po asked curiously.

"The strength of the scarlet and the building is about the same, both have 50,000 soldiers. Even if there are still a certain number of soldiers left in the tribe, the total number will not exceed 100,000. Otherwise, those who will not be pressed by the Xiongnu and Donghu can only shrink a corner. The Hu people are all soldiers, numbering 100,000, and adult men generally account for about a quarter of the total number of people in the tribe. In other words, the total population of the two communities will not exceed 400,000 at most. The number of widows is estimated to be between 300,000 and 400,000. ”

"The swaddle is north of Dai County, and Lou Fu is closer to the location of Shanggu County, and there is only one grassland that can support a population of 300,000 people in this vicinity, but there is another one, and the two grasslands are very close to each other, and if they are combined, they are enough to feed 300,000 people. Therefore, one place near Upper Valley County must be a place where Lou Fu is stationed, and the other place is where the ragged ones are stationed. ”

The generals looked at Zhao Kuo in surprise, no one expected that they could use this method to launch the population of the ragged and the annoying building, and by the way, they could also launch the stations of the two clans.

The remaining pastures were occupied by the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu had an army of 200,000, counting the army that had not yet appeared, it was estimated to be about 300,000, and the population of the Xiongnu was between 1.2 million and 1.5 million according to the calculation of all the soldiers. Among them, Shan Yu's tribe accounted for about one-third of the Xiongnu's population. ”

"In addition, the widow heard that whenever the Xiongnu fought a big war, Shan Yu would order the clansmen of the major tribes to be moved together, or close to each other. In this way, each tribe only needs to leave a small number of soldiers to defend against strong enemies, and it can also act as a hostage to each other. Now it is not certain whether the Xiongnu migrated, but they must have migrated before the decisive battle. ”

"There is not a single grassland that can feed a million people. However, if it is a few pastures, it is possible. Then, Zhao Kuo pointed to several of the grasslands, "These grasslands are the closest, only more than ten miles apart, although there are hills in the middle, the cavalry can arrive in a moment, and it is thousands of miles away from the Great Wall, it is very safe for the Xiongnu and can be used as a large rear." ”

Originally, everyone thought that the Xiongnu base camp was possible anywhere, and there was nowhere to look for it, but after Zhao Kuo said this, everyone suddenly felt that the Xiongnu base camp could only be there, and it was impossible anywhere else.

"As long as you are more than 50% sure, the last general thinks you can give it a try." Le Yi said firmly.

Leading troops to fight, how can there be 100% of things, if you can exceed the 50% chance of victory, you can do your best, and even if you fail, you can withdraw it. And in Le Yi's view, the probability that the Xiongnu were stationed in the place mentioned by Zhao Kuo is as high as more than eighty percent.

"This battle will completely destroy the Huns." Zhao Kuo hammered his fist on the edge of the sand table and said in a deep voice.

"Why does the king value the Xiongnu so much?" Li Mu was a little puzzled, and everyone also looked at Zhao Kuo.

In terms of strength, the Xiongnu are not the opponents of Zhao, although they are a threat to Zhao, they are not big, unlike the ragged and annoying, always thinking about recovering the lost territory. In the steppe, the Xiongnu were not without opponents, and Donghu was even more powerful than him. Ragged clothes, building annoyance, raccoon dogs, and rest are also its enemies.

Sixty years ago, the Xiongnu sent a large army to attack Qin with Zhao, Wei, Han, Yan and Qi.

For a long time, Zhao Kuo has been talking about Hu people such as Donghu and Lou Fu, but he is dismissive and indifferent, and he doesn't take it to heart at all.

Only when it comes to the Huns, it is extremely solemn, and even this expedition has the meaning of using itself as bait.

The crowd was a little puzzled.

"......" Zhao Kuo was stunned, not knowing how to explain.

Could it be that in history, it won't be long before the Xiongnu will appear two big Danyu, Touman and Maodun, bringing the Xiongnu to the peak and becoming the first empire in history to unify the grassland, suppressing the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years?

So that the Central Plains could only be forced to marry Huaxia's daughter outside the Saiwai.

The problem is that these things are simply nothing, Zhao Kuo has no evidence to prove it, and it is impossible for these things to happen again in this world.

After a while, Zhao Kuo could only say, "Think about it, what kind of strength the Xiongnu were sixty years ago, when they were even inferior to Lin Hu and Lou Fu, they were suppressed to the north of Yinshan, not to mention compared to Donghu." Now, the strength of the Xiongnu has become the second largest tribe in the steppe, second only to Donghu in strength. With this growth rate, which Hu people can compare? ”

"Sixty years ago, the Xiongnu bowed down to my Zhao State. What now? Taking advantage of the fact that the main forces of our Zhao State are in the south, we will go south to capture the Hetao of our Zhao State. If you can't take advantage of the time to destroy the Xiongnu now, imagine that after 60 years, can you still guarantee that you can defeat the Xiongnu? ”

"If it weren't for the king's reminder, the last general wouldn't have discovered that the strength of the Xiongnu had grown to the point where it is now." Yan Zhou thought about it carefully, and suddenly felt a little afraid.

Over the years, whether it was him or Li Mu, they all fought the Xiongnu, and the reason why they shrank the defense line was not because they couldn't be defeated, but because all the forces of Zhao State were in the south at that time, and the logistics in Wuyuan and other places were seriously insufficient. Yan Zhou had no choice but to give up and retreat to Jiuyuan City.

"Let's go down first, and follow the plan." Zhao Kuo said.

"No." The generals bowed and retreated.